Polly of the Circus

Polly of the Circus

Infobox Film
name = Polly of the Circus


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director = Alfred Santell
producer = Marion Davies
writer = Laurence E. Johnson (dialogue), Margaret Mayo (play)
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starring =
music = William Axt
cinematography = George Barnes
editing = George Hively
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = 1932
runtime =
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0023349

"Polly of the Circus" is a 1932 American MGM drama film directed by Alfred Santell. The film stars Marion Davies and Clark Gable. An earlier silent film version of the same Margaret Mayo play was made in 1917 and was the first film by Goldwyn Pictures.

Plot

When Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is hurt while performing, she is taken to the house of a nearby minister, John Hartley. As she recuperates, they fall in love with each other and secretly marry. But when the truth leaks out, John's congregation rebels at having a circus woman as their minister's wife, and he is fired. Polly decides to leave John in hopes of giving back to him the calling that means so much to him. But fate steps in and rearranges all plans.

Cast

*Marion Davies ... Polly Fisher
*Clark Gable ... Reverend John Hartley
*C. Aubrey Smith ... Reverend James Northcott
*Raymond Hatton ... Downey, Harley's Servant
*David Landau ... Beef
*Ruth Selwyn ... Mitzi
*Maude Eburne ... Mrs. Jennings
*'Little Billy' Rhodes ... Half-Pint (as Little Billy)
*Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Eric Alvarez (as Guinn Williams)
*Clark Marshall ... Don Alvarez
*Lillian Elliott ... Mrs. McNamara

External links

*imdb title|id=0023349 |title=Polly of the Circus


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